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Blog about data recovery, hard disk drive repair and computer forensic.Mon, 05 Mar 2018 04:08:24 +0000en-UShourly1datarecoveryunionhttps://feedburner.google.comFix Western Digital Hard Drive Noise Issueshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/datarecoveryunion/~3/pj41HnN8xk4/
Mon, 05 Mar 2018 04:05:12 +0000https://www.datarecoveryunion.com/?p=13567<img class="size-full wp-image-11185 alignright" src="https://www.datarecoveryunion.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/westerndigital.gif" alt="" width="125" height="37" />Identifying and troubleshooting Western Digital hard drive noise issues
<p>There can be several reasons why a WD drive may be making a clicking noise:</p>
The drive is not getting enough power to fully spin up;
The drive has failed;
Occasional clicks during data access;
Hard clicks during a head park operation (shutdown or sleep mode);
The data cable is faulty, or incompatible;
<p>WD internal drives</p>
<p>Please follow the instructions below to check a WD drive for damage:</p>
Turn off your computer system;
Disconnect the data cable from the drive making noise (Do NOT remove the power cable);
Turn the computer back on;
If the clicking noise persists, your drive maybe defective and needs to be replaced.&#8230;<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/datarecoveryunion/~4/pj41HnN8xk4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>https://www.datarecoveryunion.com/fix-western-digital-hard-drive-noise-issues/Fix Seagate Hard Drive Noise Issueshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/datarecoveryunion/~3/eHjTUIWiRXU/
Mon, 05 Mar 2018 03:53:06 +0000https://www.datarecoveryunion.com/?p=13559<img class="size-full wp-image-12174 alignright" src="https://www.datarecoveryunion.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/seagate_thumb.jpg" alt="" width="90" height="41" />Identifying and troubleshooting Seagate hard drive noise issues
<p>Today&#8217;s seagate hard drives are very quiet and usually the system fan noise covers the drive. When the system ventilation fans get dirty or out of balance they can begin to make noise. Sometimes the hard drive is suspected of making these new noises.&#8230;</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/datarecoveryunion/~4/eHjTUIWiRXU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>https://www.datarecoveryunion.com/fix-seagate-hard-drive-noise-issues/Hard Drive Platterhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/datarecoveryunion/~3/ACQpd2rUsMg/
Tue, 27 Feb 2018 11:45:01 +0000https://www.datarecoveryunion.com/?p=13536What is Hard Drive Platter?
<p>A hard drive platter is the circular disk on which magnetic data is stored in a hard disk drive.Hard drives typically have several platters which are mounted on the same spindle. A platter can store information on both sides, requiring two heads per platter.</p>
<p>One or more aluminum, glass, or ceramic disk that is coated in a magnetic media and is located within a hard drive to permanently store all your computer&#8217;s data.&#8230;</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/datarecoveryunion/~4/ACQpd2rUsMg" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>https://www.datarecoveryunion.com/hard-drive-platter/HDD Failure Symptomshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/datarecoveryunion/~3/NSSFVwKpeCw/
Sun, 25 Feb 2018 04:40:28 +0000https://www.datarecoveryunion.com/?p=13533<p>Hard drive failure is one of the most common and frustrating problems for computer users, but it’s also one of the easiest problems to recover from. If you do suspect that your hard drive has failed, your first course of action should always be to turn off your system. Your second should be to get a free consultation from a professional data recovery shop.&#8230;</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/datarecoveryunion/~4/NSSFVwKpeCw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>https://www.datarecoveryunion.com/hdd-failure-symptoms/Recuvahttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/datarecoveryunion/~3/xDgN4e6f6a4/
Sat, 24 Feb 2018 03:17:49 +0000https://www.datarecoveryunion.com/?p=13516<p><img class="size-full wp-image-13524 alignleft" src="https://www.datarecoveryunion.com/wp-content/uploads/Recuva_logo.png" alt="" width="128" height="128" />Recuva is an free undeletion utility for Windows, developed by Piriform.</p>
<p>Recuva undeletes files; recovers data from corrupted, damaged, and reformatted discs; restores unsaved Word documents; and securely deletes files so they&#8217;re unrecoverable, even by Recuva. Fast, focused scans find just the files you want and deep Scans find lost, damaged, and deleted files anywhere in your system, including portable, removable, and unmounted drives and even CDs and DVDs.&#8230;</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/datarecoveryunion/~4/xDgN4e6f6a4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>https://www.datarecoveryunion.com/recuva/Seagate Recovery Softwarehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/datarecoveryunion/~3/Ux1E05UvUJE/
Thu, 22 Feb 2018 02:57:35 +0000https://www.datarecoveryunion.com/?p=13509<p><img class="alignleft wp-image-13511 size-thumbnail" src="https://www.datarecoveryunion.com/wp-content/uploads/seagate-250x165.jpg" alt="Seagate" width="250" height="165" />Seagate Recovery Software is right for you if your storage device is not physically damaged, your computer is able to detect your media, your data loss is due to logical error or because of accidental deletion or formatting.</p>
<p>Seagate File Recovery Software Suite works with any brand of drive and most storage device types.&#8230;</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/datarecoveryunion/~4/Ux1E05UvUJE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>https://www.datarecoveryunion.com/seagate-recovery-software/WD SSD Dashboard FAQshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/datarecoveryunion/~3/Y_6dM6Lhkzo/
Tue, 20 Feb 2018 02:49:37 +0000https://www.datarecoveryunion.com/?p=13498<p>WD SSD DashboardThe WD SSD Dashboard helps users maintain peak performance of the WD SSD in Windows® operating systems with a user-friendly graphical interface for the user. The WD SSD Dashboard includes tools for analysis of the disk (including the disk model, capacity, firmware version, and SMART attributes) and firmware updates.&#8230;</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/datarecoveryunion/~4/Y_6dM6Lhkzo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>https://www.datarecoveryunion.com/wd-ssd-dashboard-faqs/Lost data on one of the RAID drives, why do I have to send in all of the RAID drives for recovery?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/datarecoveryunion/~3/R8iYwI77s_4/
Thu, 01 Feb 2018 02:52:03 +0000https://www.datarecoveryunion.com/?p=13495<p>In most RAID disk failures, the failure isn&#8217;t a complete catastrophe and the user can still easily access data within the RAID. RAID systems are typically used for speed and/or redundancy of data. As a result, they can sometimes have a catastrophic failure, such as corruption of the RAID array or multiple disk failure in which your data isn&#8217;t accessible.&#8230;</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/datarecoveryunion/~4/R8iYwI77s_4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>https://www.datarecoveryunion.com/lost-data-raid-drives-recovery/Top Best Data Recovery Software of 2018http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/datarecoveryunion/~3/iC4Ehk22ZR4/
Wed, 24 Jan 2018 06:51:55 +0000https://www.datarecoveryunion.com/?p=13488<p>Data recovery software is designed to scan for that hidden data and recover it as complete files. Pictures, documents, and even audio and video files can be detected and returned to their original forms, averting the loss of irreplaceable family photos or essential spreadsheets for work. It&#8217;s important to remember with data recovery software, however, that it&#8217;s never a 100 percent guarantee that you can retrieve all of your files.&#8230;</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/datarecoveryunion/~4/iC4Ehk22ZR4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>https://www.datarecoveryunion.com/top-best-data-recovery-software-of-2018/How long does a file recovery take?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/datarecoveryunion/~3/EIAOHxLZaFA/
Wed, 24 Jan 2018 05:51:09 +0000https://www.datarecoveryunion.com/?p=13486<p>There are a few factors that play into how long a file recovery takes. The larger the size of the drive that is being scanned is, the longer it will take. Smaller drives (under 500Gb) may take anywhere from 30 minutes to a few hours to scan, larger drives (over 500Gb) may take multiple hours and even a day or two for Tb size drives.&#8230;</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/datarecoveryunion/~4/EIAOHxLZaFA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>https://www.datarecoveryunion.com/how-long-does-a-file-recovery-take/